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Male sneaks peek at chick book, December 22, 2002
This review is from: Moon Mother, Moon Daughter: Myths and Rituals That Celebrate a Girl's Coming-of-Age (Paperback)
OK, I cheated. I'm a male and I read a chick book.
I read a chick book by, for, and about chicks. I know: I'm not supposed to. The cover is pretty damn clear-lots of red and purple (none of it associated with sunsets, gun barrels, or violent bloodshed), loosey goosey fonts and title, women authors, and a foreword by someone that wrote the woman's comfort book!
This all screams new age chick stuff that by gender, inclination, and cultural boundaries I avoid.
My excuse? I have a preteen daughter and another coming up in her shadow with all the subtlety of a heat-seeking missile. Everyone around our house is busy. Life is on fire, and right smack in the middle of it all, these girls of mine are growing up.
So I picked up MoonMoon (as I started calling it) and tried to squelch my private image of women's moon groups as gatherings where they drop their drawers in a semi-circle and moon the moon so to speak.
Even overlooking my stumbling male entrance, the authors were not prepared for me. They write, as I mentioned above, for and about chicks in the form of mothers and daughters (as if men never had daughters). But without belaboring my own passage into and through the book, I'll just say that I started getting some of my (Dad) needs met as soon as I hit the first chapter.
The blending of content the authors used was effective. Instead of dragging me through long diatribes on new age coming-of-age theology (if you will), they interlaced their philosophies with cookbook recipes for events and practices, individual and family experiences, and demystifying retellings of pivotal female myths.
It remains, cover-to-cover, a chick book, but I still gleaned what I wanted for my daughters and myself. I exited at the Moon end with some excellent ideas about what I can do with my daughters and what I can steer them towards and away from as they pass through these years.
I assume for chicks it's a great read.
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To the Moon and back..., August 19, 2011
This review is from: Moon Mother, Moon Daughter: Myths and Rituals That Celebrate a Girl's Coming-of-Age (Paperback)
This is a very special book - written with tremendous love & wisdom. At a time when we are increasingly digitized and disconnected, Moon Mother, Moon Daughter brings us back to the intimacy of relationship with great insight and creativity. It is a unique exploration of the many facets of this important transition for women and girls and I recommend it highly!
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Every mother with a daughter will want this book, August 18, 2011
This review is from: Moon Mother, Moon Daughter: Myths and Rituals That Celebrate a Girl's Coming-of-Age (Paperback)
This book is a must have for navigating the often stormy seas of female adolescence, and for celebrating and honoring the changes. The authors have an intimate voice, and tons of practical experience. I recommend it highly.
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